A.Kuprin "Pomegranate bracelet", or Love that passed by

Love. It was the power of this feeling that Alexander Kuprin put first in his work. "Garnet Bracelet" presents the reader a successful woman, Princess Vera. She is faithful and devoted to her husband, but the feeling of love for him has already been lost. Once, two years before her marriage, she wrote letters and explained in love an ordinary official with a noble heart. But she rejected it. She understands that the feelings of this man - this is the kind of love that all women dream about. But she does not want to think about it. The author presents us with love as a rare gift.

What kind of princess Vera A. Kuprin shows us? A "garnet bracelet" describes a withering lady. It resembles a monotonous autumnal, dormant nature. In such a slumber, there is her whole family. Relationships are very strong here, but there are no feelings. Therefore, the young woman ceased to strive for love, she avoids feelings, therefore, according to her status, she became "nice" and "cold with everyone."

Loving her, Joltkov never misses her. He can not tolerate such changes in his beloved woman. Her regal calm and strict simplicity hide in her the constant concern for the future and the expectation of something fatal. She is haunted by bad thoughts. And now a young man in love brings a gift to her angel's day. In the cover letter, he writes that thanks to this knickknack Vera will have the gift of foresight, and bad thoughts will stop pursuing her. This thing belonged to his great-grandmother. According to legend, she saved men of his kind from violent death. Hence, the donor deprives himself of this magical defense and gives a family relic for the sake of his beloved's happiness.

The gift of the man in love and the title of the story was invented by Kuprin himself - "Garnet Bracelet". The summary of the plot can not convey the full depth of the drama of this story. His events are developing slowly. First, we describe the troubles associated with preparing a dinner, dedicated to the birthday girl, with the reception of the honorable guests. The prince presents his wife earrings with pearls. They are precious. Pearl is a symbol of spiritual purity. A pomegranate is a symbol not only of love, but of blood. A symbol of fatal love.

Where did Kuprin take the storyline for this story? "Pomegranate bracelet" was written on the reliable story of a telegraph operator, hopelessly in love with the governor's wife of one of the Russian provinces. True, in real history he donated a beloved inexpensive gold-plated chain, the pendant from which the author was turned into a pomegranate, which has a more dramatic and subtle meaning. This was highly appreciated by the public when Kuprin first published Garnet Bracelet.

The author does not make a comparison between the amazing experiences of a man in love and does not extol his image over other heroes. He presents Prince Shein as a conscientious man, his wife Vera a clean, amazing woman, but he puts down their communication environment below, because she is totally domestic. Love is lost in it. And all this becomes clear when they meet with a truly loving person.

There is no sense in conveying the content of the tragic events, the nobility of the loving soul and the text of the letter written by A. Kuprin. "Garnet bracelet" should be read and re-read in person.